Show us what you see!!!

[Murf'n'surf]

The waterfall bowls can be fire/water bowls, but we chose not to. It's around $28/foot tor run gas lines and we'd rather put that money to use in some other fashion. I can't believe how expensive lights are now. To get the top of the line pool lights that dim and change color is around $10,000 for this pool.

Yup.....pools are like yachts in terms of overpriced goods. Pentair products are the industry leader but they are absolute junk. I have no clue how they make any money after they replace all of those warranty items.

That gas line price is a little spendy, can't blame you for skipping that.

 

[Thermobrett]

No. I'm a straight real wood burning kinda guy. Probably burn a cord to a cord and a half a year, which for North TX is alot, for @zipper it's about 2 weeks worth!

I was fortunate when we bought our house the previous people had a gas line added for a grill and one ran to the fire pit. I do like the smell of burning wood, but with my lanai cage, the embers would burn the screens in no time. I now twist a key and spark it with a lighter and, abracadabra you have fire and on demand s'mores.

 

[Thermobrett]

Yup.....pools are like yachts in terms of overpriced goods. Pentair products are the industry leader but they are absolute junk. I have no clue how they make any money after they replace all of those warranty items.

That gas line price is a little spendy, can't blame you for skipping that.

In the last two years, I have replaced my chlorinator from Pentair to Hayward, and my heater from Pentair to Hayward. Even the pool stores that sell both say Pentair is the "best", but for the best warranty, customer service and part availability, Hayward is the way to go.

 

[zipper]

Debby blowing thru this afternoon. One recorded gust to 53 mph. Put 6" of water in the pool.

 

[Coult45]

Our lake is up a foot in the last 24 hours. Helped one neighbor pull the decking off their dock (3' wooden sections) so nothing floats away. If we rise another foot, a lot of folks will have to pull boats out of the water and some might need to pull their docks out too. The gates upriver and downriver are out of our control, so sometimes we get impacted pretty severely between communities that don't coordinate their decisions on flow through the gates. Several of the Finger Lakes empty into the Seneca River, which feeds our lake on its way to Lake Ontario. Their surface area is WAY more than ours, so when they release a few inches, we can get a foot.

We'll see how this event goes over the next 48 hours.

 

[Scottintexas]

First trip out this year
Line of showers this afternoon lowered the temp to 92 and made the lake very calm


Wasn’t quite prepared for the trip and forgot to get the trailer guides back on the boat
She was a little nervous trying to load it but got it on the first try

 

[Ronnie]

I got a good deal on a lightly used box anchor for tomorrow’s float event. The other items are just icing on the cake.

 

[2kwik4u]

View of the Ohio River this morning from Westport, KY. Back "in town" for a wedding this weekend and my aunt let us stay at her river house.

 

[Ronnie]

Here is what I saw at a rock climbing facility (a guy who sold me a box anchor suggest we meet here to do the deal). At first I was shocked by the cost of carbiners and climbing line but in retrospect it’s not the type of gear I would want to go cheap/econo/low budget on.

 

[Babin Farms]

Only put 28.9 miles on today.

 

[haknslash]

Checking on my lake home construction yesterday….



Yea right!

 

[drewkaree]

Checking on my lake home construction yesterday….

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Yea right!

It'll be cold without any walls like that, but I'm guessing that's for tax purposes

 

[Thermobrett]

Not bad for a homeowner.. helps when you own commercial equipment . Should keep the HOA away for a few months.

 

[suke]

Going to try and get the ski to my buddies lake house to have the boat and ski there. So need to get the trailer checked over. Replaced the bunks, checked the bearings/seals, reset the preload, fixed some lights that weren't working, and replaced the tires.

 

[Julian]

This is the parking lot for our marina after Debbie did us! Up around 7 feet! Army corps is just starting to let water out of the dam now.

 

[zipper]

Saw this 43’ Tartan today, a beautiful boat, and the damage it sustained during TS Debby. Our catamaran rode it out with only some chaffing on a dock line. This will not buff out,



The 53' Dufour, a Dream Yacht Charters boat, "Dreamers Wanted", with the black mast behind the Tartan was struck by lightning and fried all electronics on board. They were taking the sails off today, getting ready for an early haul out.
Our mast can be seen, the smallest in the background.



This is what can happen when a boat is pushed on the dock by a beam wind and the fenders ride up and land on the dock. The boat rolled/listed to Port and rubbed on the dock in 50-60mph winds.

 

[Julian]

Well I've been part of this group since 2018, I remember being on the metro of NYC going to work, reading this forum, and looking at boats. I thought it was stupid to buy my AR192, 28 years old, just starting off in engineering. It was the best thing I've done and I bring with me tons of amazing memories. I have no regrets and I've been nothing but blessed. I had my AR192 for 5 years and then recently upgraded to a 242 Limited SE. I never had problems with either boats and I absolutely loved both boats. But my plans have changed because I started living in Brazil at the beginning of COVID, then in Colombia while working remote. My plans have changed and I decided to cut expenses, stay in Colombia, and start investing in real estate. I sold my RAM 1500, my 242 Limited SE, my mountain bike, (in just 2 weeks) went to Colombia, signed a lease on a 2 bed 2 bath apartment with 2 balconies $1150/month. A ton of changes in the past month, but I'm now sitting on a lot of cash to upgrade my BMW 118i here and buy a studio apartment to put on airbnb. I have furniture on the way and I already looked at a 2019 BMW M240i. I probably will continue visiting this forum and someday I will get another yamaha jet boat when I have some passive income. I want to thank everybody in this group, I've had tons of hobbies over the years, participated in many groups, and this group is the best. I always tell people that the friendliest boaters have yamaha jet boats lol

The last photo of my 242.. I hope to sell my 2022 BMW 118i soon and upgrade for like an additional 6k on top. Already looking at doing a Stage 1 tune, they say 420HP. Tons of mountain roads to enjoy here

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My brother went biking in Columbia and came back saying he should retire there! Steak dinner at a restaurant was $6. So how is it???

 

[2kwik4u]

Never seen one of these Solar Plants in person before. Taken in I-15 just around the CA/NV border.

 

[Coult45]

This young buck has been way too comfortable around us this year. Not going to bode well for him in the fall, as my wife keeps warning him...

 

[2kwik4u]

Going to try and get the ski to my buddies lake house to have the boat and ski there. So need to get the trailer checked over. Replaced the bunks, checked the bearings/seals, reset the preload, fixed some lights that weren't working, and replaced the tires.

Reset the preload?!? What the heck does that mean? Dual axle only thing? I've never heard of such an operation for a trailer. I'm super curious.